Rudolf Helmut Sauter

Rudolf Helmut Sauter (9 May 1895[1] – 12 June 1977)[2][3] was a German born painter, printmaker, illustrator, and poet.

[10][12] Following the war, Sauter became a naturalized British citizen, something he referred to as "purely formal", having lived in England since he was a year old.

[11][13] During World War II acted as an Army Welfare officer, visiting the wives and children of soldiers.

[9] Sauter published three volumes of poetry: Crie du Coeur, A Soothing Wind and A Loving Cup.

[9] In 2022, a book about Sauter's life and work by Jeffrey S. Reznick was published: War and Peace in the Worlds of Rudolf H.

Portrait of Rudolf Sauter as a child with his mother, Lilian, by Georg Sauter (1899)